Shoe-sewing machine.



No. 895,623. PATENTED AUG. 11, 1908.

- P. J. FREESE.

SHOE SEWING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 7, 1903.

enfox' giving 1] thread to the needle on one si UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS 'J. FREESE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF No- 895 623. Specification. of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 11, 1908.

To all whom it may concern: stances, to prevent the auxiliary take-up Be it known that I, 'FRANoIs JOSEPH from stealing thread from the needle during FREEsE, a citizen of the United States,-'residthe first portion of its advancing movement. ing at'Boston, in the county of Suffolk and These results are accomplished in the illus- 5 State of Massachusetts-,-have invented .certrated embodiment of the invention by renta 'n neW-and useful Improvements in Shoe dering the auxiliary take-up inoperative tov Sewin Machines; and I do hereby declare take up thread from the time the looper has the fo lowing to be. a full, clear, and exact threaded the needle, While it is retracting and description of the invention, such as-willuntil it has ain advanced into engagement 10 enable others skilled in the art to which it with thewo i'i.

appertains to make and use the same. Tothe above ends the resentinvention e present invention relates to an imconsists in the devices an combinations of provement' in shoe sewing- .machines and devices hereinafter described.-

more particularly shoe sewing machines of The accompanyingdrawing is a sectional 5 the curved hook-needle, chain-stitch, Waxside elevation ofaportion of'a-Goodyear welt 7 thread type of which the commercial Goodand. turn machine, substantially "as illusyear Welt and turn machine is an exam le. trated in Letters Patent of the United States In the Goodyear welt and turn mac ine No. 412,704, modified in accordance with the after the needle has advance'dand the thread present invention.

2o finger has formed its bight inthe thread be- The needle N, the looper L, thread fingervs tween the work and the looper, and after the F, the back rest B, the take-up T, and auxlooper has encircled the needle laying thread iliarytake-up t may and preferably will be in the barb thereof and at the time the neeconstructed and operated as in said Good- (lle is retracting and the take-up is fallin year welt and turn machine. Means areprofe vided, however, for preventing the auxiliary so and whi e the thread finger 1s giving up ,take-up from fallin during a portion ofthe thread to the needle on the other side, the cycle of operation 0 the machine. Aslide 1 auxiliary take-up resting upon the thread is mounted in a groove in the head 2 of the with spring pressure frequently presses with machine, a cap plate being provided for 30 sufhclent tpressure upon the threadto cause maintaining'theslidel in position. The auxs5 the threa to reeve around the needle and iliary take-up 1 is rovided with ashoulder 4 thus to steal thread from the thread finger, on its lower side w ich is engaged by the forwith the result that the loop of thread drawn ward end of the slide 1 above referred to.

back by the needle is of insufficient length: The rear end of the slide 1 is provided with a s and is liable to be broken during the passage cam roll Swhich engages the cam surface 6 of, the hook of the needle throu h the stock or on the cam disk 7 secured to the main shaft reeves through the throat of t e needle dur- M of the machineu ing a considerable part of its retracting The 0 eration of the illustrated embodistroke, thereby subjecting the thread to a ment of t einvention is as follnwsz The nee- 40 sawin action through the throat of the-nee dle, looper, take-.u back rest, and threa'd dle w ich tends to injure or abrade the ger operate as escribed in said patent. thread and-sometimes causes it to break at -The' auxiliary take-up which is provided for this point. The operation of the auxiliary takmg u any slack thread which mayexist take-up in thus stealing thread from the during t e operation of the machine is pre- 45 thread finger is objectionable and'many ef-, vented by the means described from taking forts have been made to overcome or alleviup any slack thread from the time the looper ate such action. The present invention con as threaded the needle until the needle has -templates providin such sewing machine retracted and again advanced into engage- Wlth a device which prevents the auxiliary ment with the work. That is to say, the

g 50 take-up from falling during a portion of the slide 1 is projected forward by the ham '6 cycle of operation of the parts, and espeafter the needle has advanced and the looper clall during the first part of the retracting has laid the thread in the barb thereof, and stro e of the needle, which is while the thread engages the shoulder 4 of the auxiliary takeger is givingup thread to the needle. It up t and holds the same from fallin 'un'der 55 may'alsobe desirable, under some circumthe influence of its spring 8, thereby proventing the auxiliary take-up from stealing thread from the thread finger during the first part of the retracting stroke of the needle and preventing it from falling or stealing thread from the needle during the first part of its advancing stroke, so that the slack thread the stealing of thread from the thread finger,

for beneficial 'results are obtained by any means acting to prevent the auxiliary takeup from taking up any substantial anionnt of thread during the first part of the retracting stroke of the needle, or during the time the thread finger is giving up thread to the needle.

The resent invention is not limited to the embodiment illustrated in the drawing as it may be embodied in other and difiierent forms without departing from the spirit thereof. 1

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A chain-stitch shoe-sewing machine, having, in combination, a needle, looper, thread finger, take-up, auxiliary take-up, and cam-actuated means for preventing the auxiliary take-up from acting to. take up thread during a portion of the cycle of operation, substantially as described.

2. A chain-stitch shoe-sewing machine, having, in combination, a needle, looper, thread finger, take-up, auxiliary take-up, and

senses Y .and means for preventing the auxiliary takeup from acting from .the time the needle begins its retracting stroke until it is again advanced and engages the material's,substantially as describe 5. A chain-stitch shoe sewing machine,

having, in combination, a needle, looper, thread finger, take-up,, auxiliary take-up,

and means for preventing the auxiliary takeup from acting to take up 'threadduring a portion of the cycle of operation, and While the take-up still has capacity for movement to give up thread, substantially as described.

'6. A chain-stitch shoe sewing machine, hav ng, in combination, a needle, looper, take-up, auxiliary take-u and means for preventing the auxiliary ta e-un from acting to take'up thread during the first portion of the advancing movement of the needle, substantially as described.

In testimony whereofl affix my signature, in presence of tWo Witnesses. s

FRANCIS FREESE.

Witnesses: I

HORACE VAN Evnnnn, ALFRED H. Hrnnnn'rn. 

